It Never Rains...

We all know the saying "it never rains, but pours." Well, I have recently felt like this statement would illustrate the last month and a half for me. In fact, I feel like "it never rains, but pours with thunderstorms, hail, and lightning" would more illustrate what I mean. Let me explain.

When I got back to Bahrain, it was a little sad because certain people that I had grown close to last year were no longer here. However, as soon as school started and I got back into the swing of things (read: got back into being a grown-up), I was so excited. Seeing old friends, students, and colleagues, and feeling like I'm not a total failure as a teacher all made me excited to be here for another school year. And then it started to rain. (Figuratively, of course. It never rains in Bahrain.)

After only a week of being back, I started having an extremely sore throat and took antibiotics for having tonsillitis. When that didn't go away, I went to an ENT. 3 times. That's right. I went on 3 separate visits to an ENT within the course of 2 weeks. On our last visit together, he said, "I really hope that you don't have to come back again!" I did too! Having a nasty throat thing going on while teaching is not pleasant.

I had a brief hiatus from sickness while I was on holiday in Oman. This was a glorious time that made me remember what it feels like to be healthy. Unfortunately, when I got back from Oman, it started to "rain" again. I concocted a nasty stomach virus (kind of like the noro virus) and was out from school for two days! I was so dehydrated from this that I drank Gatorade, and that proves that I was desperate! (Generally, I stay away from Gatorade because I just think it's kind of gross!)

If that wasn't any worse, on Wednesday night I got a frantic call from my Dad that I needed to call my American bank. Apparently, someone got a hold of my credit card information and was trying to use it to buy electronic appliances on a website with headquarters in Spain. Sheesh! Luckily, I got that straightened out. Shout out to USAA, a very good and costumer-oriented bank.

So that's my last month and a half, in a rainstorm. I guess that's life. You never know what's going to happen. I'm just bracing myself for the next storm, kind of hoping that it won't happen until I'm completely healthy!